Started with one restart. The layout is good - air elementals are built, Aislinn is in the tavern, stable on the respawn, external market, well, Artifacts +4 attack and +3 defense behind the unicorns. Let's play. Scouted a mini-Griffin Conservatory. Already have a plan :) By midweek found a throne Griffin Conservatory, revealed Gauntlets of the Rider. Defeated dendroids for a site with Berserk. Decided to build Mage Guild 4 as fast as possible.
On day 114, when there are no more rests left, something terrible happened. Seeing that a skeleton had fallen to Luna, I decide to dismiss him, but instead dismiss Luna herself with the entire army :eek: I was in complete shock!!!!!!!!! I've never lost so shamefully.... I write that I'm surrendering... But Эрдэм offers auto... I take auto, but I don't really lay claim to victory anymore... And the mood is gone too....
On day 116 I took a dwarven dwelling on 15, a crypt, and a Conservatory, built the fowls. On day 117 I killed the unicorns and settled down to replenish mana. Didn't build the Stronghold, instead built Mage Guild 2. No money to buy out... Went with just one angel. Freed a prison with Orrin at level 5, who immediately went to check the Conservatory. Turned out to be a triple - excellent! We go in with 1 angel and take it ;) Defeated the wraiths, recalled home, bought a fowl, preparing to take the cyclops dwelling. Cyclops dwelling costs 4 resources, but nonetheless Mage Guild 4 goes up. There turned out to be Berserk and Meteor Shower :mad: Whatever. Studied them and went on the offensive. Intelligence is already Expert, and mana is 120!! Meteor Shower nearly 400, Lightning Bolt 300, Expert Berserk — all that's left is to kill. I descend underground with my secondary hero expecting to meet Shakti there... But everything there is untouched...... There's a Griffin Conservatory. I go in without looking. Turned out to be a triple, and I grabbed a hive for good measure. Got Expert Earth Magic!!! With Earth Magic scouting I found the enemy respawn and rushed there. On day 132, fowls are delivered, I take the blue main castle... And it turns out it's not the main one :eek: In the portal, rocs are displayed — so he moved to a barbarian. I build a Mage Guild, buy a scout, and pass the turn. In the monolith, Shakti appears, offering to play the finale. I think, why not? It's my turn. I attack with the scout to check what's what. Turned out bad. 30 upgraded fowls, 200+ troglodytes, 4 bears, 2 angels. I notice Shakti now has 8 knowledge, though earlier in the tavern he appeared with 10. I realize the Dragon Wing Tabard has been replaced with something more interesting... But it's not +2 speed. By process of elimination — Resistance or Reluctance. I'm not at all happy with those possibilities. :mad: I'm thinking of retreating back to the treasure zone.. But there's a Dragon Utopia right next to the castle, which Shakti will very likely take if I run... So the only options are either to take the Dragon Utopia or fight Shakti... After some thought, I position myself in the Dragon Utopia... MAXIMUM... But there's no turning back, so I go in there.............
It turned out rather well. Money is there, everything is super. I attack Shakti, share 9000 gold with him, and return to Conflux with 6 angels... A long chase with excellent prospects for me was brewing, but we decided to part ways peacefully... Especially since the auto I took didn't give me the right to claim victory.... The game was super. Thank you, Эрдэм, looking forward to a rematch in Barnaul ;)